Where does “kainosti” come from?

kainosti (Finnish) comes from Finnish -sti, from Proto-Finnic -stik — Forms adverbs of manner from adjectives.

kainosti (Finnish): demurely, timidly

Definitions

  1. demurely, timidly

Ancestry of “kainosti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-stiForms adverbs describing how many times something...
2Proto-Finnic-stikForms adverbs of manner from adjectives
Every word from Proto-Finnic -stik →Every word from Finnish -sti →